Our Top Nine

Here they are: our premiere selection of apple varieties. We consider these to be the nine apple varieties most likely to consistently produce magnificent and memorable fruit in our Salt Spring Island orchard. Read more

The Big 26

We definitely don't stop at nine varieties. In fact, we consider these 26 to be almost as amazing as our Top Nine. And most certainly worth checking out. Read more

The WHole 300

In a world blessed with thousands of apple varieties, not making our list of the 29 best varieties is hardly cause for embarrassment. Every one of these 300-plus apples is a winner in our books. Read more

Tumanga

Why you should be excited:

The story of Tumanga:

The influence of the legendaryCox’s Orange Pippin is widespread, extending far beyond the borders of the United Kingdom, where it has reigned supreme for more than a century.

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Evidence of Cox’s influence can be found in Germany, where Tumanga, its offspring and similar in many ways, is widely planted, used mainly for making juice.

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Aside from its unfortunate tendency to bruise quite easily, this is unquestionably a winner of an apple, with rich flavour, nice texture and even the ability to store through the winter quite successfully.

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Whether or not you consider yourself to be a Cox PippinMoonie, we suggest you give Tumanga a try.